Friday, January 27, 2012

Five charred to death in Bihar village fire

Five charred to death in Bihar village fire


Five charred to death in Bihar village fire

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 08:10 PM PST

Five people, including three children, were charred to death in a major fire which gutted more than 25 huts at Migaon village in Bihar's Munger district.


Assembly elections: Polling begins in Manipur

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:37 PM PST

Polling began in Manipur at 7am on Saturday morning, marking the start of crucial assembly elections in five states including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.


Cong's vision dreams of new, developed UP

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:10 PM PST

The Congress Vision Document — 2020 for Uttar Pradesh lays out the roadmap for all-round development by bringing in changes in areas like education, employment and economy.


BJP has copied SP manifesto, fumes Mulayam

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:58 PM PST

BJP's UP manifesto has promised tablets and laptops to students at subsidized rates and even free to poor students. Samajwadi Party had made similar promises.


Voters in the mood to throw out Nishank govt, says Arya

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:52 PM PST

Uttarakhand Congress state chief Yashpal Arya who is contesting from the reserved constituency of Bajpur is a strong contender for the CM's post.


Criminals snatch carbine from cops

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:21 PM PST

Police officers chasing two wanted men ended up losing their carbine to them in Ludana village of Jind district on Friday.The men they were chasing were identified as Billu and Virender Kana.


Cops arrest five for kidnapped youth's murder

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:11 PM PST

The victim who was a polytechnic student was picked up for ransom. Cops said Abhishek's car was found parked near Asan village three days ago.


Sangay urges Tibetans for worldwide demonstrations

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST

Tibetan prime minister Lobsang Sangay has given a call for world-wide vigils on February 8 to express solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet.He also urged Tibetans not to celebrate Losar (Tibetan new year) this time.


Tibetan parliament writes open letter to Chinese president seeking end to oppression

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST

In a press conference called by the speaker of Tibetan parliament, Pempa Tsering, at a short notice, he said that increasing cases of brutality inside Tibet has forced them to write openly to the Chinese president.


78% urban youths take supplements: Survey

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

About 78% of adolescents in urban areas of India consume at least one dietary supplement such as pills, energy drinks, steroids and high-protein powders, says a survey by industry body Assocham.


India-Pak committee meets jail inmates

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST

India-Pakistan Joint Judicial Committee on Prisoners visited Amritsar central security jail on Friday to meet Pakistani inmates and discuss the ways and means to expedite their repatriation.


Leno joke: SGPC to lodge protest with US envoy

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee is planning to give a memorandum to the US ambassador in India to protest against objectionable remarks made by NBC's host of The Tonight Show - comedian Jay Leno.


Congress councillor, 17 others held for vandalism

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:58 PM PST

A Congress councillor was on Friday arrested and 17 others booked for allegedly damaging several vehicles owned by a Shiromani Akali Dal candidate for the upcoming Punjab poll following a clash here, police said.


Knives, clutchers, scissors at Rahul rally in Punjab

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:54 PM PST

However, police were very particular while frisking people wearing black jackets, turbans, caps, pointed shoes and even with those wearing black socks and carrying black wallets.


Andhra tribal dies after clinical trial

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:03 PM PST

A tribal woman, who became a guinea pig to what looks like clinical trials for gynaecology-related drugs, died at Donga Chintha Thanda in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday.


'Radhakrishnan knew of Antrix-Devas deal'

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:01 PM PST

ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan's appointment to inquire into allegations of procedural lapses in the Antrix-Devas deal has led with murmurs of protest with officials calling it a "case of conflict of interest".


Supreme Court stays Kobad Ghandy's bail

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:57 PM PST

The SC Friday suspended the Andhra Pradesh HC order granting bail to Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, accused of being involved in the Aug 15, 2005 bomb attack that killed the then assembly deputy speaker Narsi Reddy.


'Dow bought Bhopal's toxic legacy'

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:53 PM PST

Meredith Alexander, who first announced her resignation as ethics commissioner of the London authority to TOI, on Friday said Dow Chemicals, by buying Union Carbide, had also bought the toxic legacy of Bhopal.


200 years on, Austen lives through Pride and Prejudice

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:49 PM PST

The 200th year of the publication of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice starts today.


No country for daughters, only 914 per 1000 boys

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:47 PM PST

Studies show a sharp drop in the sex ratio after the introduction of ultrasound machines, used for determining the sex of fetuses, resulting in selective abortion of female fetuses.


Postal mix-up gives 2G accused time till Feb 22

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:42 PM PST

As Essar Group promoters Anshuman and Ravi Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan failed to appear before a special CBI court on Friday, the court gave them another opportunity for personal appearance on February 22.


India signs new tax treaty, widens probe ambit

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:40 PM PST

India has signed OECD's multilateral convention on tax matters that will help the government not just get information from other countries but even enable it get assistance in recovery, something that has proved elusive.

Govt salvages UID, nod to cover all 1.2bn Indians

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:39 PM PST

All 1.2 billion residents of the country should have unique identity numbers by June, 2013, the Union Cabinet decided on Friday.


Close shave for Jairam Ramesh, Pramod Tewari in UP

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:37 PM PST

A chartered aircraft carrying Congress leaders, Jairam Ramesh and Pramod Tewari, reportedly had a close shave when it escaped a collision with another aircraft of Saudia Airlines at Amausi airport late on Friday evening.

BJP's free cows won't give milk, mocks Congress

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:30 PM PST

The tussle for Muslim votes in Uttar Pradesh peaked on Friday when Congress took the initiative to assure minorities that the newly-carved 4.5% quota was safe.

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